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Jan Peregrine

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Adopted at seventeen days, grew up in rural Nebraska, got a Masters of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University-Chicago, worked as a nanny and missionary, wrote book and movie reviews for 14 years for epinions.com, wrote books, suffered an incomplete spinal cord injury along the way...

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Nat'l Book Award Winner Stamped From The Beginning~

By 1968 both Democrats and Republicans had popularized the call for “law and order.” It became a motto for defending the Planet of the Whites. “Law and order“ rhetoric was used as a defense for police brutality...

The above passage from Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi tells us two impo Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.88 · 8 ratings · 5 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Dr. Freudine Is In: The Story Begins (#1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden At Play: A Grown-Up Fable it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden in Purrgatory 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoir of a Writing Porn Star it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden Forever by Jan Peregrine (Goodreads Author), Patrick Helwig (Photographer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Out Of The Desert: Inspirational Poetry And Humanistic Retrospective 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Myself: The Evolution of a Humanist 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Out Of The Desert: Finding Myself 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Freudine Is in: The Drama Deepens (Eden Trilogy #2) by Jan Peregrine (Goodreads Author), Patrick Helwig (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Freudine Is In: The Tale's Tail (Eden Trilogy #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I picked up the 2026 novel because it's a One Book One Lincoln nominee, but it doesn't have my vote. It's interesting like a car wreck is interesting. Yes, we should take responsibility for mistakes Artificial Intelligence makes because it has the mo ...more
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Old Yeller~~~ When I saw Fred Gipson's award-winning novel Old Yeller from 1956 on display at the library, I grabbed it. It's a charmer of a coming-of-age story, set in rural Texas back in the post civil war years. Fourteen year-old Travis will make h ...more
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The Weirdo Connection~~~ Maybe you've heard of the Muppets? Like Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog, yeh?? He sang a song called The Rainbow Connection, but why should I, hmm, be thinking of it today? Well, the song is about looking for rainbows, about a conne ...more
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The Weirdo Connection~~~ Maybe you've heard of the Muppets? Like Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog, yeh?? He sang a song called The Rainbow Connection, but why should I, hmm, be thinking of it today? Well, the song is about looking for rainbows, about a conne ...more
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There Are Rivers in the Sky~~~~~~~ I highly recommend Elif Shafak's 2026 novel There are Rivers in the Sky, from which my poem below was inspired. Her Author's Note fills me with great respect for her research that uncovers forgotten tragedies in hist ...more
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